Zabbuli 120

1 Oluyimba nga balinnya amadaala. Nkoowoola Mukama nga ndi mu nnaku, era n’annyanukula.

“A psalm of steps.” In my distress I called upon the LORD, And he answered me.

2 Omponye, Ayi Mukama, emimwa egy’obulimba, n’olulimi olw’obukuusa.

O LORD! deliver me from lying lips, From the deceitful tongue!

3 Onooweebwa ki, era onookolebwa otya, ggwe olulimi olukuusa?

What profit to thee, Or what advantage to thee, is the false tongue?

4 Onoofumitibwa n’obusaale obwogi obw’omulwanyi omuzira, n’oyokerwa ku manda ag’omuti entaseesa.

It is like the sharp arrows of the mighty man; Like coals of the juniper.

5 Ndabye ennaku, kubanga mbeera mu Meseki; nsula mu weema za Kedali!

Alas for me, that I sojourn in Mesech, That I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 Ndudde nnyo mu bantu abakyawa eddembe.

Too long have I dwelt With them that hate peace!

7 Nze njagala mirembe, naye bwe njogera bo baagala ntalo.

I am for peace; yet, when I speak for it, They are for war.